Ida Aldrian
mezzo-soprano
Birthplace:
Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Studies:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Leopold Spitzer and Karlheinz Hanser; studies for Stage Performance (Opera and Musical Drama), Art Song and Oratorio with KS Marjana Lipovšek with honors; member of International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (2012/13–2013/14)
Master class:
with Ann Murray, Bernarda Fink, Reri Grist, Peter Kooij, Andrew Watts, Thomas Hampson, Wicus Slabbert, Alan Titus, Brigitte Fassbaender, et al.
Prizes:
Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (2014), prize winner of the jury ranking at international singing competition „Stella Maris“ (2014)
Important parts:
Wellgunde (Das Rheingold und Götterdämmerung), Siegrune und Rossweiße (Die Walküre), Blumenmädchen und Stimme aus der Höhe (Parsifal ), 2. Magd (Daphne), Feodor (Boris Godunow), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Isabella (L’Italiana in Algeri), Adalgisa (Norma), Idamante (Idomeneo), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Ericlea und Penelope (Il Ritorno d´Ulisse in Patria), Mercedes (Carmen), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Laura (Luisa Miller), Annina (La Traviata), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), et al.
Stages:
Wiener Konzerthaus, Musikverein Wien, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Grafenegg Festival, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Barocktage Melk, Styriarte, Internationales Brucknerfest Linz, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Andreas Homoki, Georg Schmiedleitner, Verena Stoiber, Peter Konwitschny, Stéphane Braunschweig, David Bösch, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Heinz Ferlesch, Martin Haselböck, Marcus Bosch, Yutaka Sado, Simone Young, Pablo Heras-Casado, Christopher Moulds, Cornelius Meister, Fabio Luisi, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, u. a.
Elbenita Kajtazi
Soprano
Birthplace:
Mitrovica, Kosovo
Studies:
University of Prishtina
Prizes:
Audience Prize and the 3rd prize at the first ever Glyndebourne Opera Cup (2018), first prize of the Riccardo Zandonai Competition (2015), first prize in the Spiros Argiris Sarzana Festival Competition in Italy (2014), Young Artist fellowship at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2014-2016), member of the Young Singers Project at the Salzburger Festspiele (2016)
Important parts:
Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Violetta (La Traviata), Liù (Turandot), Gretel (Hänsel and Gretel), Musetta (La Bohème), Crobyle (Thaïs), Kätchen (Werther), Frasquita (Carmen), Anna (Nabucco), Shepherd (Tannhäuser), Bianca (La Rondine), Frantik und Grasshopper (Cunning Little Vixen), Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto), et al.
Stages:
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Aalto-Teater Essen, Philharmonie Essen, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Tomáš Netopil, Friedrich Haider, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Axel Kober, Patrick Fournillier, Donald Runnicles, Nicholas Carter, et al.
Nadezhda Karyazina
mezzo soprano
Birthplace:
Moscow, Russia
Studies:
Russian Academy of the Theatrical Arts in Moscow (2003-2008), Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center (2010-2012), Young Artist Programme of the Bolshoi Theatre (2010-2012), Jette Parker Young Artist Programme (2013-2015)
Master class:
with Gloria Guida Borelli, Laura Claycomb, Elena Obraztsova, Eugeny Nesterenko, Luba Orfenova, Diane Zola, Richard Bado and Ann Hallenberg
Prizes:
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize of the Foundation for the Support of the Hamburg State Opera (2018), Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis in the category “Best Young Artist” (2014), second prize in the II International Competition of the Savonlinna Opera Festival (2012), third prize in Placido Domingo’s Operalia Competition in Beijing (2012), fifth prize in the “Neue Stimmen” Competition (2011)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16
Important parts:
Flosshilde (Das Rheingold), Mezzo-soprano (Messa da Requiem), Waltraute (Die Walküre), Drittes Blumenmädchen (Parsifal), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Kontschakowna (Prince Igor), Emilia (Otello), Pauline (Pique Dame), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Dritte Magd (Elektra), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Madrigal Singer (Manon Lescaut), Flora (La Traviata), Rosette (Manon), Mercédès (Carmen), Charlotte (Werther), Polinesso (Ariodante), Zweite Dame/Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Fortune Teller (The Fiery Angel), Olga (Eugen Onegin), Clarissa (The Love for Three Oranges), Petrovna/Dunyasha (The Tsar’s Bride), et al.
Stages:
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall Moscow, International Performing Arts Centre Moscow, National Theatre of
Beijing, Linbury Theatre at the Royal Oper House, Theatre Wielki, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Bolshoi Theatre, Latvian National Opera, Salzburger Landestheater, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Hamburgische Staatsoper, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Jim Lucassen, Andreas Žagars, Sir David McVicar, Jonathan Kent, Jette Steckel, Achim Freyer, Calixto Bieito, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Yuri Bashmet, Vassily Sinaisky, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Nathan Brock, Kent Nagano, Kevin John Edusei, Carlo Rizzari, Christoph Gedschold, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Patrick Fournillier, José Aparicio, Gregor Bühl, Stefano Ranzani, Erich Wächter, Philipp Pointner, Vladimir Conta, Maurizio Benini, Dan Ettinger, Emmanuel Villaume, Daniel Oren, Antonio Pappano, Plácido Domingo, et al.
Katharina Konradi
Soprano
Birthplace:
Bischkek, Kyrgyzstan
Studies:
Singing education with Julie Kaufmann in Berlin, master's degree in song composition with Christiane Iven and Donald Sulzen at Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Master class:
with Helmut Deutsch and Klesie Kelly-Moog
Prizes:
BBC New Generation Artist (2018-20), prize of Deutscher Musikwettbewerb in Bonn (2016), special prize of Walter und Charlotte Hamel Stiftung, prizewinner of Bundeswettbewerbs „Jugend Musiziert“ and of Sommerakademie Mozarteum (2015), 1st prize of Kulturkreis Gasteig München in the classification „Lied-Duo“ (2015); scholarship holder of Paul-Hindemith-Gesellschaft Berlin, of Yehudi Menuhin Stiftung „Live Music Now“ and of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2018/19
Stages:
Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Zdenka (Arabella), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Anne Frank (Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank), et al.
Bühnen:
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Elbphilharmonie, Kammeroper München, Theater Hof, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Lionel Bringuier, Paavo Järvi, Thomas Hengelbrock, Patrick Lange, Konrad Junghänel, et al.
Jana Kurucová
Mezzosoprano
Birthplace:
Kežmarok, Slovakia
Education / Studies:
Classical singing at the Konzervatórium J. L. Bellu in Banska Bystrica, in Bratislava as well as at the Musikhochschule in Graz, opera studio of the Bayerische Staatsoper (season 2005/2006), ensemble member of the Theater Heidelberg (2006 to 2009), ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ( 2009 to 2018)
Important parts:
Niklausse/Muse (Les contes d‘Hoffmann), Prinz Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus), Isolier (Le comte Ory), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Marta (Faust), Carmen (Carmen), Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Romeo (I capuleti e i Montecchi), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Meg Page (Falstaff), Fuchs (Das schlaue Füchslein), Maffio Orsini (Lucrezia Borgia), Melisande (Pelléas et Mélisande), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Mercedes (Carmen), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Fenena (Nabucco), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Idamante (Idomeneo), Sesto (La clemenza di tito), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Ramiro (La finta giardiniera), Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), et al.
Stages:
Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Nationaltheater Prag, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Oper Peking, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Oslo, Semperoper Dresden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, New National Theater Tokyo, Musikfestival Klangvokal in Dortmund, Banská Bystrica, Festival Svátky hudby v Praze, Filharmonie Reduta in Bratislava, Bratislava Nationaltheater, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Laurent Pelly, David Alden, Robert Borgmann, Philipp Himmelmann, Katharina Thalbach, David Herrmann, Roland Schwab, Philipp Stölzl, Christof Loy, Kirsten Harms, Andreas Homoki, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Pedro Halffter, Enrique Mazzola, Michele Mariotti, Ido Arad, Donald Runnicles, Daniel Cohen, Stefan Soltesz, Fabio Luisi, Zubin, Mehta, Alessandro de Marchi, Jacques Lacombe, Omer Meir Wellber, Carlo Rizzi, Ivan Repusic, Moritz Gnann, Jonathan Darlington, Marco Letonja, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Giacomo Sagripanti, Constantin Trinks, Yves Abel, Ottavio Dantone, Matteo Beltrami, Jonathan Nott, et al.
Hellen Kwon
Soprano
Birthplace:
Seoul, South Korea
Studies:
Hochschule für Musik Köln with Dietger Jacob (1979-1984)
Prizes:
First prize in the Novara International Singing Competition (1984), winner of the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Preis (1987), Rolf-Mares-Preis in the category “Exceptional Performances of an Actresses” for her interpretation of “Frau” in Wolfgang Rihm’s “Das Gehege” (2010), Grammy Award Nomination for the recording of Walter von Braunfels’ “Die Vögel” conducted by Lothar Zagrosek, honored with the title of “Hamburger Kammersängerin” by the Hamburg Senate (2011), “Order of Civil” by the Korean Government for exceptional artistic achievements (2013), “Star of Ewha” Prize (2018)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1987/88
Important parts:
The Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Zdenka (Arabella), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Blonde/Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Donna Anna/Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Despina/Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Elettra (Idomeneo), Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito), Musetta/Mimì (La Bohème), Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly), Liú (Turandot), Violetta Valéry (La Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Micaëla (Carmen), Norina (Don Pasquale), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Adele/Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Agathe (Der Freischütz), Senta (Der fliegende Holländer), Minni (La Fanciulla del West), Frau (Das Gehege), Salome/Herodias (Salome), Chrysothemis (Elektra), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Bayreuther Festspiele, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Oper Leipzig, Oper Stuttgart, Oper Köln, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburger Festspiele, Opernhaus Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Festival d‘Aix-en-Provence, Opéra Comique de Paris, Glyndebourne Festival, Den Norske Opera, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Teatro Filarmonico Verona, The Israeli Opera, Jerusalem Opera Festival, New National Theatere Tokio, Korean National Opera, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Achim Freyer, Peter Konwitschny, Johannes Schaaf, Günther Krämer, Marco Marelli, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Peter Sellars, John Dew, Adolf Dresen, Nikolas Brieger, Johannes Erath, Claus Guth, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Horst Stein, Neville Marriner, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Jeffrey Tate, Marcello Viotti, Simone Young, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kent Nagano, Christian Thielemann, et al.
Katja Pieweck
Soprano
Birthplace:
Hannover, Germany
Studies:
Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg with Prof. Ks. Judith Beckmann
Prizes:
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Preis of the Körber-Stiftung (2007), Cultural Prize of the Berenberg Bank Hamburg (2000), First Prize of the International Robert Stolz Singing Competition in Hamburg (2000), Masefield Fellowship of the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1999/2000, member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (1997/98 to 1998/99)
Important parts:
Adalgisa (Norma), Mercédès (Carmen), Hexe (Königskinder), Smeton (Anna Bolena), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), Marquise de Berkenfield (La fille du régiment), Sélysette (Ariane et Barbe-Bleue), Arsamene (Xerxes), Sancta Susanna (Klementia), Gertrud/Sandmännchen (Hänsel und Gretel), Frau des Dorfrichters (Jenufa), Valencienne (Die lustige Witwe), Witwe Browe (Zar und Zimmermann), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), Damigella Pallade (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Schenkwirtin (Boris Godunov), Mutter (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites), Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Frugola (Il Tabarro), Goneril (Lear), Berta/Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Marchese Melibea (Il Viaggio a Reims), Ariadne (Ariadne), Adelaide (Arabella), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Aufseherin/1. Magd (Elektra), Curra/Preziosilla (La Forza del Destino), Annina (La Traviata), Meg Page/Alice Ford (Falstaff), Giovanna/Maddalena (Rigoletto), Fenena (Nabucco), Emilia (Otello), Fricka (Das Rheingold), Siegrune/Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Magdalena (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Adriano (Rienzi), Eglantine (Euryanthe), Ericlea (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria), Larina (Eugen Onegin), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Semperoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Staatstheater Mainz, Bayerische Staatsoper, Oper Leipzig, Internationale Herrenchiemsee Festspiele, Staatsoper Hannover, et al.
Zusammenarbeit mit Regisseuren:
Peter Konwitschny, Karoline Gruber, Claus Guth, Willy Decker, Achim Freyer, Roger Vontobel, Stefan Herheim, Michael Thalheimer, et al.
Zusammenarbeit mit Dirigenten:
Simone Young, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Schneider, Ingo Metzmacher, Gerd Albrecht, Sebastian Weigle, Rolf Beck, Krzysztof Penderecki, et al.
Gabriele Rossmanith
Soprano
Birthplace:
Stuttgart, Germany
Studies:
Violin studies at the Musikhochschule Trossingen, vocal studies with Sylvia Geszty at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart
Prizes:
1st Prize Mozartfestwettbewerb (1985), honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Hamburger Kammersängerin” (2011)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1988
Important parts:
Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites), Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande), Despina (Così fan tutte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Micaëla (Carmen), Morgana (Alcina), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Musetta (La Bohème), Sophie/Marianne Leitmetzerin (Der Rosenkavalier), Woglinde/Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), Ortlinde (Die Walküre), Hanna Glawari (Die lustige Witwe), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos), Blumenmädchen (Parsifal), Fortuna/Giunone (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), et al.
Stages:
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (1985-88), guest engagements in Munich, Antwerp, Brussels, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Glyndebourne Festival, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Willy Decker, Christof Loy, Guy Joosten, Harry Kupfer, Bob Wilson, Marco Arturo Marelli, Peter Konwitschny, Renaud Doucet, Achim Freyer, Calixto Bieito, John Dew, Vera Nemirova, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Horst Stein, Christian Thielemann, Donald Runnicles, Michel Plasson, Sir Antonio Pappano, Robin Ticciatti, Silvio Varviso, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ivor Bolton, Kirill Petrenko, Gerd Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher, Simone Young, Kent Nagano, et al.
Narea Son
Soprano
Birthplace:
Seoul, South Korea
Studies:
Bachelor's degree at Seoul National University, master's degree opera and concert exam opera with Carolyn James at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg
Master class:
with Jaume Aragall, Cheryl Studer, Mariella Devia, Thomas Quasthoff, Edda Moser, Brigitte Fassbaender and Joyce DiDonato at Carnegie Hall in New York with Live Stream by Arte TV, et al.
Important parts:
Pamina (Erzittre, feiger Bösewicht!, new version of the Zauberflöte by J. Harneit), Marzelline (Fidelio), Katze Ivanka (UA Katze Ivanka), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Taumännchen (Hänsel und Gretel), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Giannetta (L'Elisir d'Amore), Oberto (Alcina), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Theater Bremen, Shanghai Grand Theater, Geumho-Konzerthalle, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Achim Freyer, Philipp Stölzl, Georges Delnon, Vera Nemirova, Philipp Himmelmann, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Alexander Joel, Johannes Fritzsch, Gregor Bühl, Renato Palumbo, Michele Gamba, Nathan Brock, et al.
Renate Spingler
Mezzo-soprano
Birthplace:
Kempten, Germany
Studies:
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich
Master class:
with Prof. Reri Grist
Prizes:
Honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Hamburger Kammersängerin” (2017)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1986/87
Important parts:
Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Margret (Wozzeck), Sdena (Das Fest im Meer), Gräfin Helfenstein/Üppigkeit (Mathis der Maler), Sigrune/Rossweiße/Wellgunde (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Herodias (Salome), Adelaide (Arabella), Flora (La Traviata), Larina (Eugen Onegin), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Lœna (La belle Hélène), Brigitta (Die tote Stadt), Mary (Der fliegende Holländer), Geneviève (Pelléas et Mélisande), Mère Jeanne de l’Enfant-Jésus (Dialogues des Carmélites), Circe (I.th.Ak.A.), Gräfin Geschwitz (Lulu), Mercédès (Carmen), Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Marthe Schwerdtlein (Faust), Lola/Mama Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana), Ottavia (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), 2. Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Tebaldo (Don Carlos), Emilia (Otello), Gaea (Daphne), Hänsel/Hexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Miss Baggott (Der kleine Schornsteinfeger), Auntie (Peter Grimes), Die böse Königin (Schneewittchen), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt, Semperoper Dresden, Theater Bonn, Oper Leipzig, Theater Bremen, La Monnaie, Oper Köln, Königliche Oper Kopenhagen, Prinzregententheater München, Theater an der Wien, Theatro Municipale de Sao Paulo, Gran Teatre del Liceu, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Ruth Berghaus, Willy Decker, Gian-Carlo di Monaco, Dieter Dorn, Adolf Dresen, August Everding, Jürgen Flimm, Achim Freyer, Ramin Gray, Caroline Gruber, Claus Guth, Hans Hollmann, Andreas Homoki, Günter Krämer, Harry Kupfer, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Juri Ljubimov, Marco Aturo Marelli, Christian Pade, Simon Philips, Ernst-Theo Richter, Nils-Peter Rudolf, Johannes Schaaf, Sir Peter Ustinov, Christoph von Bernuth, Robert Wilson, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Gerd Albrecht, Marc Albrecht, Marco Armiliato, Gary Bertini, Michael Boder, Nathan Brock, Semyon Bychkov, Giuliano Carella, Bertrand de Billy, Jaqcues Delaôte, Alessandro di Marci, Peter Eötvös, Alfred Eschwé, Lawrence Foster, Michael Halasz, Eliahu Inbal, René Jacobs, Günter Jena, Alexander Joel, Karen Kamensek, Paul Kildea, Bernhard Klee, Jun Märkl, Cornelius Meister, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagano, Garcia Navarro, Giuseppe Patané, Christoph Prick, Wolfgang Rennert, Donald Runnicles, Michael Schønwandt, Peter Schreier, Klauspeter Seibel, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Slatkin, Alexander Soddy, Stefan Soltesz, Marcello Viotti, Sebastian Weigle, Bruno Weil, Simone Young, Lothar Zagrosek, Hans Zender, et al.
Alexey Bogdanchikov
Baritone
Birthplace:
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Studies:
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow
Prizes:
Winner of the 57th International Singing Competition "Voci Verdiane" in Busseto (2019), Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Preis (2017), Special Prize at the “Neue Stimmen” competition (2013), representative for Russia at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (2013), second prize at the European Vocal Competition “Debut” (2012), third prize at the Armel Opera Competition in Hungary (2010)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16
Important parts:
Barrett (The Servant), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Eugen Onegin (Eugen Onegin), Robert (Iolanta), Prinz Jeletzki (Pique Dame), Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore), Marcello (La Bohème), Ping (Turandot), Marchese (La Traviata), Paolo Albiani (Simon Boccanegra), Moralès (Carmen), Graf (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Frank und Fritz (Die tote Stadt), Silvio (Pagliacci), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Valentin (Faust), Der Einäugige (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Sid (La Fanciulla del West), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), et al.
Stages:
Armel Opernfestival in Szeged, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Guangzhou Opera House, Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro Delle Muse in Ancona, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Astrakhan Opera House in Magnitogorsk, Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre Moscow, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hannover, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Jader Bignamini, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Emmanuel Villaume, Renato Palumbo, Erich Wächter, Alexander Joel, Stefano Ranzani, Josep Caballé Domenech, Nathan Brock, Gregor Bühl, Kent Nagano, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Christoph Gedschold, Carlo Rizzari, Christopher Ward, et al.
Andrzej Dobber
Baritone
Origin:
Poland
Studies:
Piano, organ and singing at Staatliche Hochschule in Krakau, scholarship holder at Nürnberger Konservatorium
Prizes:
appointment as Hamburger Kammersänger at Senat of Hansestadt Hamburg (2015)
Important parts:
Macbeth (Macbeth), Rigoletto (Rigoletto), Nabucco (Nabucco), Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Jago (Otello), Renato (Un Ballo in Maschera), Stankar (Stiffelio), Miller (Luisa Miller), Amonasro (Aida), Il Barone Scarpia (Tosca), Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Fürst Igor (Fürst Igor), Roger II (König Roger), Simon Boccanegra (Simon Boccanegra), Francesco Foscari (I due Foscari), Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana), Tonio (I Pagliacci), Jochanaan (Salome), Graf Tomsky (Pique Dame), Amfortas (Parsifal), Jack Rance (La Fanciulla del West), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity (Khovanshchina), Barak (Die Frau ohne Schatten), et al.
Stages:
Staatstheater Nürnberg, Oper Frankfurt, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra National de Paris, Mariinski-Theater, De Nationale Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opéra Bastille,Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opernfestspiele in Savonlinna, Glyndebourne Festival, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Lev Dodin, Vincent Boussard, Charles Roubaud, David Bösch, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Christian Thielemann, Semyon Bychkov, Carlo Montanaro, Lawrence Foster, John Fiore, Omer Meir Wellber, Simone Young, et al.
Peter Galliard
Tenor
Birthplace:
Chur, Switzerland
Studies:
With Rico Peterelli, Conservatory in Feldkirch with Maria Eibenschütz, at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Rudolf Knoll
Prizes:
First Prize at the International Mozart Competition (1985), Förderpreis of the Kanton Graubünden (1987), Dr. Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of the Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (1989), honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Kammersänger” (2017)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1986/87
Important parts:
Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Jaquino (Fidelio), Cassio (Otello), Froh and Loge (Das Rheingold), Alfred and Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Peter Iwanow (Zar und Zimmermann), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Hauptmann (Wozzeck), Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Lenski (Eugen Onegin), Narraboth (Salome), Don Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prinz and Hauptmann (Lulu), L’Aumonier (Dialogues des Carmélites), Melot (Tristan und Isolde), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Wolfgang Capito (Mathis der Maler), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Red Whiskers (Billy Budd), Dämon (L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe), Bischof von Budoja (Palestrina), Mime (Siegfried), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Lucerne Festival, Salzburger Osterfestspiele, Opéra National de Paris, Enescu Festival in Bukarest, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater Nürnberg, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Claus Guth, August Everding, Johannes Schaaf, Harry Kupfer, Peter Konwitschny, Johannes Erath, Renaud Doucet, Georg Schmiedleitner, Stefan Herheim, Herbert Wernicke, Calixto Bieito, Willy Decker, Paul-Georg Dittrich, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christian Thielemann, Ingo Metzmacher, Simone Young, Kirill Petrenko, Kent Nagano, Lawrence Foster, Gerrit Prießnitz, Marcus Bosch, Philippe Jordan, Paolo Carignani, Vaclav Luks, et al.
Kartal Karagedik
Baritone
Birthplace:
Izmir, Turkey
Studies:
Singing in Izmir at the University of Istanbul, amongst others with Alper Kazancioglu and Prof. Güzin Gürel
Master classes:
with Giorgio Zancanaro, Paolo Ballarin, Barbara Frittoli, Luciana Serra and Alfonso Antoniozzi
Prizes:
First Prize at the Debut Competition (2012), Third Prize and Critics' Prize at the Ottavio Ziino Concorso Lirico Internazionale in Rome (2011), Second Prize at the Leyla Gencer Competition in Istanbul (2010), Second Prize at the Beniamino Gigli Competition in Rome (2009), "Best Male Singer" at the International Duchi d'Acquaviva Competition in Atri (2008), "Special Mention Prize" at the International Opera Competition in Como (2008), Third Prize at the Ferruccio Tagliavini Competition in Graz (2007), First Prize at the Güzin Gürel Foundation Lieder Competition in Istanbul (2007)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16
Important parts:
Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Germont (La Traviata), Simon Boccanegra (Simon Boccanegra), Onegin (Eugeny Onegin), Lescaut (Manon Lescaut), Marcello (La Bohème), Sharpless (Madama butterfly), Sonora ( La Fanciulla del West), (Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Duca D’alba (Duca D’alba), Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore), Riccardo (I Puritani), Il Conte d‘Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier), Mischonnet (Adriana Lecouvreur), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Poeta ( Il Turco in Italia), Chorébe (Les Troyens), Escamillo (Carmen), Valentin (Faust)
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opera Vlaanderen, Savonlinna-Opernfestspiele, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Puccini-Festival am Torre del Lago, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Komische Oper Berlin, Theater Magdeburg, Theater Erfurt, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Izmir State Opera, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Georges Delnon, Stefan Herheim, Kirsten Harms, Herbert Fritsch, Michael Thalheimer, Guy Montavon, Carlos Wagner, Stefano Poda, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Stefano Ranzani, Ottavio Dantone, Eliahu Inbal, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Christoph Prick, Valerio Galli, Andriy Yurkevych, Yves Abel, John Storgårds, Anthony Bramal, Ulf Schirmer, Manlio Benzi, Joana Mallwitz, Peter Feranec, et al.
Daniel Kluge
Tenor
Birthplace:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Studies:
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with Klaus Dieter Kern
Master classes:
with Roman Trekel, Julia Varady and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as well as master classes for „Liedgesang“ with Markus Hadulla, Mitsuko Shirai and Hartmut Höll
Important parts:
Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor), Abdallo (Nabucco), Remendado (Carmen), Flavio (Norma), Knappe und 1. Gralsritter (Parsifal), Kilian (Freischütz), Dr. Blind (Die Fledermaus), Spoletta (Tosca), Schreiber (Chowanschtschina), Jacquino (Fidelio), Ein Soldat (Reigen), Chick (Der Schaum der Tage), Borsa (Rigoletto), Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Orpheus (Orpheus in der Unterwelt), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Truffaldino (Die Liebe zu drei Orangen), Balakin (Charodeyka), Max (Der Freischütz), Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos), Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer), Vierter Jude (Salome), et al.
Stages:
Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stadttheater Bern, Aalto-Theater Essen, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Opéra National de Lyon, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Jossi Wieler, Sergio Morabito, Kirill Serebrennikov, Nicola Hümpel , Tobias Hoheisel, Imogen Kogge, Armin Petras, Demis Volpi, Axel Ranisch, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Sylvain Cambreling, Georg Fritzsch, Roland Kluttig, Giacomo Sagripanti, Johannes Witt, Hans Christoph Bünger, Kirill Karabits, Willem Wentzel, Alejo Pérez, Christopher Schmitz, et al.
Tigran Martirossian
Bass
Birthplace:
Yerevan, Armenia
Studies:
Musical studies at the Gnessin State Academy of Music with Prof. Artur Eizen and Prof. Pavel Lisitsian
Prizes:
Prize winner of nine international singing competitions, inter alia, second prize in the “Neue Stimmen” Competition in Gütersloh (1997), second prize in the 2nd International Singing Competition in Shizuoka (2000), first prize in the Ondina Otta Competition in Marburg (1999)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2005/06
Important parts:
Ramfis (Aida), König René (Jolanthe), Salieri (Mozart und Salieri), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Sulpice (La Fille du Régiment), Colline (La Bohème), Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Selim (Il Turco in Italia), Banco (Macbeth), Pagano (I Lombardi alla prima Crociata), Daland (Der fliegende Holländer), Dossifei (Chowanschtschina), Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Rodolfo (La Sonnambula), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor) Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Philippe II (Don Carlos), Méphistophélès (Faust), Fürst Galizky (Fürst Igor), Ein Eremit (Der Freischütz), Doktor (Wozzeck), Oroveso (Norma) , Pimen (Boris Godunov), et al.
Stages:
Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Salzburg Festival, Theater an der Wien, Bregenz Festival, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille, St. Galler Festspiele, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Achim Freyer, Yona Kim, Jochen Biganzoli, David Alden, Andreas Homoki, Vincent Boussard, Stefan Herheim, Florentine Klepper, Francesca Zambella, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Sir Colin Davis, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Rizzi, Simone Young, Plácido Domingo, Kent Nagano, Sylvain Cambreling, Valery Gergiev, Michel Plasson, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Daniel Oren, Mark Wigglesworth, Philippe Jordan, Daniele Callegari, Riccardo Frizza, et al.
Dovlet Nurgeldiyev
Tenor
Birthplace:
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Studies:
Vocal studies at the Music College in Ashgabat, at the Turkmen National Conservatory, at the Conservatory Tilburg and at Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio (2008/9-2009/10)
Ensemble member since 2010/11
Important parts:
Fenton (Falstaff), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore), Alfredo (La Traviata), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Vladimir (Prince Igor), Telemaco (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Chevalier (Dialogues des Carmelites),Hylas(Les Troyens), Macduff (Macbeth), Ismaele (Nabucco), Cassio (Otello), Naraboth (Salome), Medoro (Orlando Paladino), Belfiore (La finta giardiniera), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Münchner Opernfestspiele, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt, Ungarische Staatsoper, Polnische Staatsoper, Opéra National de Montpellier, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Auditorium de Bordeaux, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Laeizhalle Hamburg, Prinzregententheater München, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Hans Neuenfels, Marie-Eve Signeyrole, Renaud Doucet, Vincent Boussard, Jette Steckel, Willy Decker, Axel Ranisch, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Ivor Bolton, Kent Nagano, Bertrand de Billy, Keri Lynn Wilson, Philippe Auguin, Lothar Zagrosek, Michael Schonwandt, Stefan Soltesz, Henrik Nánási, Stefano Ranzani, Andrea Battistoni, Simone Young, et al.
Oleksiy Palchykov
Tenor
Birthplace:
Kiev, Ukraine
Studies:
At the Vocal Faculty of the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra National de Paris
Prizes:
Recipient of the “Art of XXI century” International Competition (2004), Grand Prix of the XVI International Lydia Abramova Vocal Student’s Competition “Bella voce” in Moscow (2010), Grand Prix for the best Tchaikovsky music performance in the National Tchaikovsky Musical Academy Vocal Faculty Competition (2010), third Prize of the “International Vocal Competition in Memory of Antonina Nezhdanova” in Odessa (2010), special award of the festival “Tournament Tenors” in Szczecin (2010), special prize of the Jury at the International Vocal Competition “Debut” in Wiekersheim (2010), Grand Prix of the International Vocal Competition Ivana Alchevskogo “Alchevskiy Debut” in Kharkov (2011), Prix Lyrique du Carpeaux (2014), Prix Lyrique de L'AROP (2014), finalist of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (2015)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2017/18
Important parts:
Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Lykow (The Tsar’s Bride), Alfredo (La Traviata), Boten (Aida), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ecclitico (Il mondo della luna), Scaramuccio (Ariadne auf Naxos), Pylade (Iphigénie en Tauride), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore), Eurimaco (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria), Paris (La belle Hélène), Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Cassio (Otello), Beppe (Pagliacci), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Sinowi (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Mussorgsky (Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzi), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Il Conte d’Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Froh (Das Rheingold), et al.
Stages:
Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine, M. Dzhalil Tatar Academic State Opera, Chaliapin Festival, Le Théâtre du Léman, Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano, Théâtre de Beaulieu, Théâtre du Passage, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Lyon, La Ferme du Buisson, Théâtre Firmin-Gémier/La Piscine, MC93 Bobigny, Opéra Bastille, Opéra Garnier, Théâtre de l’Athénée, Opernhaus Zürich, Garsington Festival, Komische Oper Berlin, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
William Kentridge, François Girard, Christophe Perton, Àlex Ollé, Barrie Kosky, Willy Decker, Roland Pelli, Andreas Homoki, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Nello Santi, Philippe Jordan, Visiliy Petrenko, Michael Schønwandt, Riccardo Frizza, Kazushi Ono, Alexander Myrat, Daniele Callegari, Henrik Nánási, Vakclav Luks, et al.
Alexander Roslavets
Bass
Birthplace:
Belarus
Studies:
Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory in St. Petersburg with Professor Nikolai Okhotnikov
Prizes:
Third prize in the first International Music Competition in Harbin (2018), third and special prize in the Queen Sonja International Music Competition (2017), second prize in the second International Opera Singing Competition of Portofino (2017), special prize in the 36th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (2017), grand prix and audience prize in the second International Eva Marton singing competition in Budapest (2016), second prize in the sixth Galina Vishnevskaya International Opera Singers Competition (2016), grand prix in the Special Foundation Of The President Of Belarus Supporting Talented Youth (2016), first prize in the seventh International Competition of Opera Singers in Saint-Petersburg (2015), diploma in the 10th Elena Obraztsova International Competition Of Young Opera Singers (2015), special prize in the first International Christmas Vocal Competition in Minsk (2014), grand prix in the 42nd Russian National Vocal Graduates Competition in St. Petersburg (2014)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2016/17
Important parts:
Malyuta Skuratov (The Tsar’s Bride), Mephistopheles (Faust), King Dodon (The Golden Cockerel), Tom (Un Ballo in Maschera), Marchese d’Obigny (La Traviata), Colline (La Bohème), Antonio and Bartolo (Le Nozze de Figaro), Brander (La Damnation de Faust), Il Conte di Monterone (Rigoletto), 5. Jude (Salome), Lodovico (Otello), Il Sagrestano and Cesare Angelotti (Tosca), Raimondo Bidebent (Lucia di Lammermoor), Peter Quince (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Lo zio Bonzo (Madama Butterfly), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Fafner (Das Rheingold), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), King René (Iolanta), Banco (Macbeth), Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Daland (Der Fliegende Holländer), Vodnik (Rusalka), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Ali Baba (Ali Baba), et al.
Stages:
Mikhailovsky Theater, Bolshoi Theater in Belarus, Bolshoi Theater Moscow, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Hungarian State Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, St. Petersburg State Conservatory Theatre, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Rimas Tuminas, Dmitry Belyanushkin, Calixto Bieito, Tito Capobianco, Paul Curran, Stanislav Gaudasinsky, Peter Stein, Alexey Stepaniuk, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Fabio Mastrangelo, Vladimir Jurowski, Ainars Rubikis, Tugan Sokhiev, Anton Grishanin, Gregor Bühl, Kent Nagano, Paolo Carignani, Renato Palumbo, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Yves Abel, Stefano Ranzani, Carlo Rizzari, Christof Prick, Nathan Brock, Sergei Stadler, Yuri Simonov, Michail Jurowski, Vladimir Fedoseyev, et al.
Jürgen Sacher
Tenor
Birthplace:
Augsburg, Germany
Studies:
Church music and music education at the Leopold-Mozart Konservatorium in Augsburg, vocal studies with Leonore Kirschstein
Prizes:
Scholarship of the Richard Wagner Verband, Promotion Prize of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, appointment as Hamburger Kammersänger (2017)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Staatsoper Hamburg since 1991/92
Important parts:
Mime (Siegfried), Mime/Loge (Das Rheingold), Herodes (Salome), Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Hauptmann/Andres (Wozzeck), Monostatos/1. Geharnischter (Die Zauberflöte), Maler/Prinz/Marquis/Kammerdiener (Lulu), Dr. Cajus (Falstaff), Tichon (Katja Kabanova), Truffaldino (Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen), Valzacchi (Der Rosenkavalier), David (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Junger Mann (Moses und Aron), Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer), Peter Iwanow (Zar und Zimmermann), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Goro (Madame Butterfly), Graf Elemer (Arabella), Raoul de St. Brioche (Die lustige Witwe), Novagerio (Palestrina), Orontes (Flavius Bertaridus), Asasello (Der Meister und Margarita), Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos), Graf von Kent (Lear), Reverend Adams (Peter Grimes), L´Aumonier (Dialogues des Carmélites), Aegisth (Elektra), Fedotik (Tri Sestri), Sylvester von Schaumburg (Mathis der Maler), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, La Monnaie, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Königliche Oper von Kopenhagen, Teatro alla Scala, Salzburger Festspiele, Theater an der Wien, Budapester Staatsoper, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Wagner Festival Budapest, Theater Dortmund, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsoper Budapest, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Harry Kupfer, Willy Decker, Claus Guth, Mario Martone, Achim Freyer, Géza M. Tóth, Livia Sabag, Roger Vontobel, Stefan Herheim, Karoline Gruber, Vincent Boussard, Jochen Biganzoli, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Adam Fischer, Bertrand de Billy, Claudio Abbado, Kent Nagano, Semyon Bychkov, Horst Stein, Christian Thielemann, Ingo Metzmacher, Michael Boder, Kirill Petrenko, Simone Young, Daniel Barenboim, et al.
Martin Summer
Basso
Birthplace:
Feldkirch, Austria
Studies:
Double bass as well as choral conducting and church music course at the Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium, singing at the Kunstuniversität Graz
Master class:
with Luciana d’Intino, Julius Drake, Wolfram Rieger and Rudolf Jansen
Prizes / Scholarships:
Prize at the international Paula-Salomon-Lindberg-Liedwettbewerb (2015), Scholarship of the Armin-Weltner-Stiftung, Promotion Prize of the Chorverband Vorarlberg (2012)
Important parts:
Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Il Gran Sacerdote (Nabucco), Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Colline (La Bohème), Podesta (Die Gezeichneten), Rocco und Minister (Fidelio), Goffredo (Il Pirata), Frère Laurence (Roméo et Juliette), Bartolo und Antonio (Le nozze di Figaro), Zuniga (Carmen), Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni), et al.
Stages:
Teatro alla Scala, Theater St. Gallen, Bregenzer Festspiele, Stadttheater Ingolstadt, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Opernhaus Graz, Styriate Festival Graz, Brucknerfest Linz, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Peter Stein, Jörg Lichtenstein, Dirk Schmeding, Alexander Nerlich, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Ádàm Fischer, Myung-Whun-Chung, Hartmut Keil, Karsten Januschke, et al.
Gun-Brit Barkmin
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Maite Beaumont
Renate Behle
Maria Bengtsson
Liliana Benini (actress)
Sabina Bisholt
Angel Blue
Katarina Bradic
Celine Byrne
Andriana Chuchman
Hila Fahima
Rosa Feola
Olesya Golovneva
Ruzana Grigorian
Elena Guseva
Diana Haller
Barbara Hannigan
Jennifer Holloway
Christiane Karg
Maija Kovalevska
Stephanie Lauricella
Julia Lezhneva
Federica Lombardi
Claudia Mahnke
Liudmyla Monastyrska
Marisol Montalvo
Anaïk Morel
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Evgenia Muraveva
Camilla Nylund
Allison Oakes
Kristine Opolais
Anne Sofie von Otter
Elena Pankratova
Marie-Sophie Pollak
Christina Poulitsi
Anna Prohaska
Begoña Quiñones (actress)
Marina Rebeka
Sasha Rau (actress)
Anna Lucia Richter
Hulkar Sabirova
Simone Schneider
Ks. Hanna Schwarz
Sylvana Seddig (actress)
Krassimira Stoyanova
Annalisa Stroppa
Marta Świderska
Elisabeth Teige
Katerina Tretyakova
Violeta Urmana
Antonina Vesenina
Irmgard Vilsmaier
Larissa Wäspy
Guanqun Yu
Marcelo Alvarez
Xabier Anduaga
Julian Arsenault
Liparit Avetisyan
Atalla Ayan
Daniel Behle
Bernhard Berchtold
Marco Berti
Marc Bodnar (actor)
Nikolay Borcher
Markus Brück
Andreas Conrad
Stephen Costello
José Cura
Ks. Plácido Domingo
Thomas Ebenstein
Christof Fischesser
Martin Gantner
Andeka Gorrotxategi
Stephen Gould
Ks. Franz Grundheber
Torben Jürgens
Zak Kariithi
Otto Katzameier
Simon Keenlyside
Kyle Ketelsen
Dietmar Kerschbaum
Wookyung Kim
Wolfgang Koch
Dmitry Korchak
Johannes Martin Kränzle
Stefano La Colla
Sergei Leiferkus
Liang Li
Peter Lodahl
Ivan Ludlow
Ambrogio Maestri
Christopher Maltman
Alexey Markov
Najmiddin Mavlyanov
Werner van Mechelen
Maxim Mironov
Edgaras Montvidas
Maurizio Muraro
Tareq Nazmi
Levente Páll
Sean Panikkar
Martin Pawlowsky (actor)
Dimitri Platanias
Christoph Pohl
Dmytro Popov
Marcelo Puente
Viktor Rud
Michael Schade
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Andrè Schuen
Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Stefan Sevenich
Bo Skovhus
Roger Smeets
Marko Spotti
Falk Struckmann
Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Ramón Vargás
Lauri Vasar
Denis Velev
Christopher Ventris
Rolando Villazon
Alexander Vinogradov
Klaus Florian Vogt
Yuri Vorobiev
Marco Vratogna
Charles Workman
Pavel Yankowsky
Shin Yeo
Kwangchul Youn
Oliver Zwarg
Matteo Beltrami
Giampaolo Bisanti
Daniele Callegari
Paolo Carignani
Alessandro De Marchi
Adam Fischer
Christoph Gedschold
Johannes Gontarski
Axel Kober
Francesco Lanzillotta
Riccardo Minasi
Carlo Montanaro
Pier Giorgio Morandi
Christopher Moulds
Christof Prick
Stefano Ranzani
Ivan Repušić
Carlo Rizzari
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Christopher Ward
Ks. Plácido Domingo
Prof. Dr. Peter Ruzicka
Ks. Franz Grundheber
Marianne Kruuse
Detlef Meierjohann
Wolf-Jürgen Wünsche
Simone Young
